Living in the Algarve, it’s sometimes hard to avoid having the odd drink or two, but, according to a recent survey by the British Department of Health, most of us don’t realise just how much alcohol we are actually consuming.
The survey of 1,429 drinkers in England found that more than a third of people do [...]

High-capacity serial ATA (SATA) disk drives are now a mainstay in many storage systems and make it feasible for almost any company to obtain a storage system with terabytes of capacity at a reasonable cost. Yet these systems reveal a specific, known deficiency of SATA disk drives that demand companies exercise caution as to what [...]

THE Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) denied yesterday that its South Central St Catherine MP, Sharon Hay-Webster, was planning to resign her seat because of her alleged dual citizenship status, but promised to seek an ‘updated legal opinion on the matter’.
A radio report yesterday said the MP was considering ending her political career, instead of [...]

Transport Canada doesn’t know whether its vehicles are used strictly for government business because of shoddy record-keeping and lax oversight, says a recent audit Information.
Auditors found the department’s vehicle logbooks are so light on detail that it struggles to keep track of its fleet.
“Even though most dedicated vehicles remain at the workplace overnight,” the report [...]

Today the Financial Information Services Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (FISD/SIIA) and Financial Communications and Investor Relations Association - Russia (ARFI) have signed the Memorandum of Understanding in order to promote and increase communications related to the dissemination, management, administration and use of financial information for the local community, as well as [...]

When we first caught glimpses of Carrie wearing a white minidress with a fabric hibiscus flower the size of a pizza, we knew the Sex and the City movie would be bigger than the series in every way, fashion included.
Amid rumors about the movie’s plot - wedding! funeral! baby! - fans began buzzing about the [...]

The Oasis sponsored London Fashion in Film Festival 2008, which is running till the end of May, comprises a series of films sharing the running theme of how fashion, costume and styling are used in film to add an air of chic decadence. The films will be screened at five major London arts venues, the [...]

If you’re sick of wading through confusing reviews to find the best places to visit, you’ll be relieved to learn that a new expert travel review site, TheTravelEditor.com, has been launched to inject some much-needed 21st century thinking into the online travel review market.
Created by telecoms and internet veterans Kevin Evans and Nicholas Allen, TheTravelEditor.com [...]

German nudists seeking to take the experience to the skies had some cold water thrown on their vacation plans last week after their chartered flight to the Baltic Sea island of Usedom was cancelled.
Citing “moral objections” from the media and some negative comments from customers on the company’s Web site, online travel agency OssiUrlaub.de terminated [...]

Some uninsured Florida residents may get easier access to health care coverage under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Crist.
The new law lets insurance companies offer scaled-back health plans without all the usually required coverages. That might make insurance available to some people for as little as $150 a month, Crist said.
Under the law, some [...]